Amman — Prime Minister
Bisher Al-Khasawneh
said Saturday Jordan seeks to enhance human rights to preserve human dignity
and freedoms and endeavors to develop a comprehensive and integrated human
right system within the national reform approach it has upheld and pursued for
years.
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In remarks delivered on his behalf by
Minister of Political and Parliamentary Affairs Musa Maaytah at the National Government Conference
to mark the Universal Declaration of Human Rights titled “Decreasing
Inequalities and Enhancing Human Rights in Jordan”, Khasawneh said his
government attaches great importance to the protection and promotion of human
rights and works to consolidate them, driven by a civilizational heritage and
political will under the leadership of His Majesty King Abdullah.
He said that despite the challenges, including the COVID-19
pandemic, Jordan is forging ahead with enhancing the role of citizens in the
decision-making process, noting that draft election and political parties
legislation and constitutional amendments are now going through the constitutional
process pending debate and approval by the Lower House’s Legal Committee.
He noted a Royal political will, including the
formation of the Royal Committee to Modernize Political System, which was
tasked with drafting new election and parties draft bills and passing
recommendations on legislation that regulates local administration, expands the
base of participation and creates a legislative and political environment that
guarantees the role of youth and women in public life.
The premier stressed the need for platform-based
parties towards the formation of parliamentary governments.
General Coordinator of Human Rights at the Prime
Minister’s Office Nazir Awamleh said the government is working, in partnership
with international institutions and civil society organizations, to follow up
on human rights reports and relevant activities and build the capacity of
workers in the field through local and foreign programs.
Meanwhile, the UN in Jordan called for 2022 to be a
year of action for human rights and a renewed commitment to realizing the 2030
Agenda for Sustainable Development. Addressing the National Governmental
Conference on Saturday, Anders Pedersen, the UN resident and humanitarian
coordinator for Jordan said: “successive financial, humanitarian, and the
latest health crises — COVID-19 — have hampered the realization of the 2030 agenda
and have had a long-lasting and multidimensional impact, especially on millions
of young people worldwide, including in Jordan”.
According to Pedersen, women have also been severely
affected, through job losses, facing increased gender-based violence, and
lacking political participation — as are persons with disabilities, people
living in poverty, older persons, migrants, and refugees.
The government will present its assessment of progress
made in the implementation of the 2030 agenda through submitting a Voluntary
National Review report to the UN in July 2022, which, as Pedersen highlighted,
“provides an opportunity to take stock and accelerate protection and promotion
of human rights including through the Universal Periodic Review process in 2023
— with the meaningful participation especially of young people”.
“Inequalities stem from policy choices. We need to
reverse years of under- investment in economic, social and cultural rights, and
be bolder in repositioning public expenditure to prioritize people and their
rights,” said Christina Meinecke, senior human rights adviser to the resident
and humanitarian coordinator in Jordan.
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